The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-18 00:00:00

N 1 • HARE,EiI SEARE LIABZETS.:—Thisd4. SHAILE:. , AND STOuis:74 AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Symptoms of increasing easiness aro perceptible this morning in discount circles. The supply of commercial paper on offer is far below the cspital at the command of bankers and brokers, and the latter are, therefore, evincing greater disposition to negotiate business fully I per cent, under the mini plum of the Bank of Eng►and. Ttie best merest'. tile paper of three months' date is now actively, 81 :night after, on terms ranging from 51 to 5i per cent. A further sum of -c444,000, in bar gold, was taken into the Bonk yesterd y. The B ink of Eogland re , urn, computed to Wed nesday, snows an increase in the stock of bullion, but the accumulation is not so large as was antici pated. There is also an addition to the other secu rities. Subjoined is our usual analysis:— Active Circulation .. £19,849,780 Decrease • • • • 177.360 Bullion 13,946,943 Increase .. • • • • " 62,554 Rest 3 , 866,481 Increase .. • • • • • 74,948 Public Deposits 8 570,711 Decrease .. • • " 292,653 Other Deposits.. • • • • 13,105,800 Increase .. • • • • 670,825 Seven Day and other Bills .. 0 ..8.5,332 Decrease .. .. • • • • 53,353 Government Securities .. • • 11,17 1 1,584 No altention. .. 20,657,580 .. 169,853 .. 8,013,960 275,790 Other Securities .. Increase .. Notes- Unemployed .. Increase .. _ - 'The directors of the City Offices Company have notified that the subscription list will be closed for London on the 21st inst., and for the country on the 22d inst. The dispute which arose between the Credit Mobilier (Limited) and the Credit Mobilier Com. Patty of London, with reference to the title of the first -named company, has been settled, and all legal Proceedings terminated. The directors of the Anglo-Italian Bank have appointed Mr. John A. Jackson, formerly connected with the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank, lie their general manager, who will at once proceed to Italy to make the necessary arrangements for the commencement of business. The subscription list for the new shares in the Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Road Mail Company will be closed on Tuesday next, the 22d March, for London ; and on Wednesday, the 231, to applicants from the country. The directors of the St. John d'El Rtiy Mining , Co mpany (Limited) h ave rece i ve d, b y te l egram f rom Lisbon, the following report, dated Morro V-ilho, Febr uary: —Produce for January, 4 t , 354 oitavas ; cost for ditto, #;10,246; profit for nitto, £5,323 Produc e ten days of February, 10,552 eitavas ; Y i eld, 5 . 723 oitay. s per ton. Toe shares of the Dutch Tramway Company Were in dem Lk. early in the day at 11 prem., and cloud at 2 prem. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days has exhibited s r ather l ess animation. At the public sales of tea, however, full rates have been obtained for good and superior qaalities. Sugars have remained at about Pf:evious rates, while in rice, coffee, fruit, and spices the dealings have been to an average extent, with out any material change in values. Tallow has be en in le ss request for both present and forward ti eliv erYl Without however any material alteration In quotations. Two o'cLocit. At the Paris Biurse this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, t h e T hree per C ent . R en t es o pened Eq 66 25, Fl at. There has been more an i mat i on i n t h e mar k e t f or little the English Funds, b ut t h e ten d ency o f pr i ces i s a lees favourable, Consols being 911 a for tran s f er, and n ul t u for the account. The New Three Per Cents. are marked 892- '4, the Re.' queed Annuities, 89 3 ; Exchequer Bills, 63. die.; and India 5 per Cent s ., 104 a Z. T he prin c i pal Foreign Stocks have varied to some extent, and there has been a fair business. Turkish cr Cents., 1862, are 71 ; ditto Consolides I ; G ree k , 231 24; Spanish Passive, 351 36; It to Certifi cates, 13 4 a;Portuguese, 481 -; 45 a ; Italian, 677, a; and the Confederate an, 53 35, ei the Railway Share M ar k e t th e d ea li ngs h ave ii eto an average extent. L on d on an d B r i g ht on lirave unproved £1 ; Great Eastern, 15s. ; and Great es tetrn, North-Western, Midland, and South ' d "tern, 5s ; while Lancashi re an d Y or k s hi re, h ave e 1- c hed £1; Great Northern, 55. ; and Metropoli ta.t n, 10s. Tee Foreign an d C o l on i a l un d erta ki ngs show 'lt rates. animation, and remain at a b ou t previous , tank and Mi sce ll aneous Sh ares continue in mo- S d erate request, and in some instances are a shade Ber. Imperial Bank have improved to 34 351 ; 9nk of Queensla n d, 20 ; London a n d B raz ili an , Central Argentine Railway are quoted 1 to 14 1 1 :":4; Lond on an d Li verpoo l Hotel, ly l6 prem. ; i r n d.iin Gas M e t er C ompany, I to prem.; Thames ' 1 Sbipbui ding Company, 3 to 31 p rem . ; Q ueens' 4 ,4 d Sh eep, to 1 prem.; and Financial Corpora tion, 1 ! to 2-1, prem. Q 0 BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. , vrOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Per Cent. o ° l l6°l 1 DiDittoA ' e cOmult, A B pril 8 per Cent. Reduced 891 New 3 per C ent. 891 a Nl . e r y 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894.... .n. ntuties, 30 yrs, expire nth J an ,, mu — bitto for 30 yrs lizch —e9ller Bills & 3 per Cent. 6 r sth April, 1885. ' 4lOO 21 Ditto "0' 6 £5OO Ditt o 6 130,i. .-, , £lOO aryl £2OO --, En Stk, 4i per Ct., last ht.-y 15up,.... I `..A IirOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ..n . q• l a tock, 10i per Cent April 1874 2lB ~.itto 5 .) per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account.... . unt o 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .. - Do ':ertia ca t es Dittto Enfac e d P aper, 4 per Cent." — o 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. b ltt ° 6 1 per C ent., M ay, 1879 — o D e b entures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — I) . Ditto ditto Aug., 16b6 -- b.''' , bonds El,oue 10 did 1 1 .. 1° Under £l,000 $ F OREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. b itto razilian 5 p er C ent 1839 and 1859 881 bitto'4l per Cent., 1852-58-60 . Ditto 1863 Pin t bitto Scrip. £55 paid 100 k li / Ptian per Ctlnt -- q „ I , t io, Second Issue ex - Coupon . B .7 * 6- 1.- ; '" 6 per Cent., 1824-5, 24k k 3 k 4 ti,tto per ..... „!tto Coupons 113 rfilliuto Account • ttm!itetriale. 6 per Cent. tt e -144 6 per C ent.(Marenimana itailwaY) 74 k & c all 3 Accountent 45k 5 3 48 5i I±, l I% ... . ki3L)riBll. Imperial 5 per Cent 141 AtOranacla .............. 30i Ti• ° 2 per Cent. 1, ..tto Deterred eligtvittoo4:A, epe4el°r4aPte.:etrn. Cent.t:: .. ~!tto 4i Per Cent., 1862 vhttc• Account ........ ibrltt'ltiese 3 per Cent., 1853 -- 4SI I b , ,0 Account -itt o 3 1 .. 0 Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, 62;3 481 4,4",Zilccount i ,', 4 4 per Cent., 18_22, £St 871 t'Lf) 41 per Cent., 1800 Unto 3 per Cent 1859 . 6 PO f SA)-(i.'? 6 per Cent, 1862 ...... 84 bi l t 4 to 't 6 per Cent .... , - —ccount vitoiph 3 Cent bit ,_ .„. per b : 11•0 r asstve ...... 361 6 1 131144'0 Account uitill Cert 1 C not funded - -13i bit, . o Coup 1 'l,O Aczount crisisla 6 per Cent. 1854 'tto Ace t 693170i 1)11.'ti0 £lolaßonda.. - _ b!Lio 6 per Cent. 1862 li -!tio Account 71j v,3l)ute, £lOO Bonds •61ttileiEt 3 per Cent. 4 , 23,1 41 bitto ccount bit to per Cent., 1862 6JI. i itto Aceoluit I),‘ Dividends on the above payable in 61-4476 u th 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 test /.4, , t47, 4 per Cent. Certificates D itto 74 , 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 7 3 Account .......... e .... C ()$, „ , 91.1 i ir :1314 140 fley .................. ' . 1,.": 7 0 O'CLOCK. Ittc) A P r il. 441 .ce 91 4111 . t • • 9 9 ........ $ 9 . e 91.1 if 1 I Closing I lOar daily:ay. Paid. Price. Businesm don 100 _a ,antic &St Lawrence all 58 60 58$ ~„ 1 isom.,Baroda&.Centlii , ; 1, , .. 1035 10 i j 1035 4/ -- - 1 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 40 Do. E. shares... 7l' p 1 p ..c.-! ,:utlaiu an 0 LaKe Duro) , .it. 5 6/ 0 i Do. Preierouce .... Ail 7/ 85 00( I sallalo,llrantozGodris . . _ " 1 9p. ct. bole. Aug. 1,1,. et Do. do. July 1, l 00 .'o. to. Juut 1,1,- .w .t ieutta.,sis.Eastil. 1. 100 101 1(3 ,t ape Town '2 Dock Ser 100 103 105 ruck Eaxtn. Bengal gu. 6 p.. 10- 054 )4 3 reel, Mist IncLan. gu. sp. - ' 144 105 105 45 20 Do. do. CI Ext... 15 1 4 p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 f 41, ~ ock Grand trunk 01 Canad;. .... 19 20 100 Do. Ist Pre . Bond,. <1 73 /5 745 ' 100 I Do. uo. deferred.— all 58 62 100 Do. td Pre!. Bonus.. sir 65 67 100 Do. do defer. ed....., all 51 53 100 Do. 3d I' ef. stock ... alt 49 5t WO Do. do. deferred...... all 40 Cl 100 Do. 4th Pref. sio.k... al, 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 15 stook Ut.lndiareniu.gua.sp.c 100 1035 10 4 10451 4 40 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 4 4 1 Do. January, 1862 .. dtook Cit. South.of India(Lim guaranteed& per cent. 100 103 104 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shareb all 94 10 94 204 Do. New .. ....... ... 18 11 14; 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. . all 85 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 ip 244 stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 .03 104 stock Do. 44 p. 0. Extension 100 97 98 stock Do, 4? d 0........ 100 k 2 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- wick llelh.Curp. is p. to Bnds 100 5t Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 58 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 90 Ne witt un.swick az Canda Class A. and B. all 3 5 N.itl.C'das pc) Ist pt bds 100 82 04 stork Scinde .......... 1 (100 1034 1044 stock Do. Delhi... 4 ..:: , 4 100 103 104 20 Do. do .. I 2 .1. • `:', et Do. . I'unjaub .... . c_-. all 103 104 1 Do. Do. ........ , t i t. , lOU s - ook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) I k.loe ,98 10) - --- -- - - -- _ COLONIAL GOVERNMENT .SECUILITLE:!, •-- i cti.L.Cior. 8 p.c.J a .ItJ u 1) I 1877-S4 -............ I 100 !101 103 1024 i Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 102 I Do. 4 p.c.Mar. as Sept. 100 99 101 I Do, Ip. c. Jan.&July. 101 8) IL 90 89 Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 80 91 ; Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108 _ Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 108 110 I Do. 189 C 100 110 112 I Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 111 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 111 ,Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 196 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent_ 100 1 ( .8 110 -- N.13.G0v.6 p.a.) a.sr,dul) 100 )01 103 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 'N. S. W. 6 ov. 5 p .2., ltiut 100 99 100 ... 1 - ,A). sp. 048(4 to lc,( 100 99 10 / 994 Do. d0.,1888 Stupwcli 100 99 100 994 - 4 .... New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 108 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 —Queensland Gcv. 6p. o. 100 I S.Aus G6p.c.1878.2t up.. 100 I10t) 111 103 IVic.GoV. 6 p.c. Ja.stJuly 100 iDo. lo 6 D.o. An.ttOct.. 100 111 112 I 1115 ; BRITISH MINES. 2 jCambrtan Consol. Gold 1 6 td ; uliflord Amalgamated.. 34 1 5 'Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 556 565 East Bassett(lllogan).. 30 63 65 East Clogau Gold Ltd _ _ d East Caradon ...... .... , 1.14.6 205 304 East Cam Brea.. _ E. WI Russel (Tavistk )t 8.9.0 41 44 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 'A i l 10 11 I CI mat South T I olgus l7s 4 44 .(I. Wheal Vor(lielaton; 40 ¢ 1 42 Grenville ... ......... Herod's-Foot 8.12 55 37 ifingaton Downs 4.'8.0 34 44 Lady Bertha Margaret (Oily Lelant 9i 19 21 Marke Valley.. i slyndy Iron Ore (Lim , 2i 11 1 d New Setun l9l 8) 15 -• i North Downs .4 15 2 1 __ 'l 'll'i Basset,(lllo4an 3.1.' 2 21 North Wheal Crotty . 2.6.9 41 51 Far Consols(.st. Blaze) -- - i crovidenoe(Uny Lelnt. 10.5.'; 41 43 South Caradon(St.Clee, 14 I 440 100 IS. Cana Brea (Illogan) — 1 - - , Wheat Fran. allog a, 18.1.4.9 50 55 !Stray Park I gamar Silv.& Lead Min. . :fin Craft i 19 20 W eat Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12 W C, , radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West Seton —I A heal Basset (Mogan) 54 875 925 . ~., I.v heal Bulleratedruth ! 10 31 37 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)l 2.0.6 - - Wheal Lad ott ! 3.0.8 34 34 ...35 , Wheal MaryAnn(lllen; 8 131 14/ Wheal lleton 585 100 195 ! Wheal Treiawney (Lis ), 7 21 24 !Wheal Union 1 3.17 24 24 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, Ditto, 6 per cent. pf. , 1231 Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, 2d guaranteed stock, 121 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 11te LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 0 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Great Luxembourg, 1 t Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 2O Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidtn), 11 Sambre and Meuse, 8/ San Fault) clitn.), gua. 7 per cent, Ditto (all), 21 West Flanders, 7i FOREIGN MMES. United Mexican (11m;, 7 6/ Yudananiutana of S. Australia, lien. , 31 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (Urn.), 1221 Alliance (Inn.). 49i .1 Anglo Austrian, 61 Bank of Queensland (11m), 204 20 Bank of Wales, lim. 17 Bank of New Zealand. 154 4 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 11 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 44734 Chartered tiler. of India, London, and China, 704 1 Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 English and Irish (lim.), 154 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 32 3 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm , 104 Imperial Bank (lim.), 35 3 54 4 Imperial Ottoman, 191 4 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 34 • London and Brazilian (lim.), 694 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 London and South African, 264 6 London and South American, lint., 9 London and South-Western (11m.), 144 London and Westminster, 81 80i Merchants Bank, tiru 111 12 Mercantile and Excl;anze. lim., 141 Metrop. and l'rov. Bank (lim.), 25 Oriental Bang Corporation. 631 3 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, inn., 111 11 Ditto, new, 101 11; Union of Australia, 541 Ditto, new, 31 Union 01 London, 47 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 3f Commercial Union Insurance), 01 Contract Corporation. lim., B * Discount Corporatio,l, limited, 104 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Um., 5 Gen. Crt dit and Finance of London, General Steam Navigation, 27 Hudson s Bay, ibj 6 International Financial Society, 11; 12 111 London Finanzial Association, Jim., 20 1 1,,,nd0n General Omnibus Company, 15j . 1 1 Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lint., a t Ocean 3larine (Insurance), - .1 0 1 Oriental Inland Steam, lim., Peninsula and (Mental Steam, Ditto, new 51 6 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira., 7 The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mule pm., gni the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On Comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 Zso.ultOld.lopteht ounce n fo t r standard gold, it appears that gold Vs clearer iu Lotion t h an LU Pule. Railways. Paid. Closing ) Busine®, ce. done. Wol., and Str. 'Val, , slythe and Tyne. ;. , ost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian and Corn wisli D „ A A ,lets n‘, dig Do. B ti II been paid to I;. Dublin & Belfast Jun Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Jung Edinburgh & Glasgot% • Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. sti, Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian si GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stook Do B do Gt. S. an 1 W. of Irelan Great Western ....... Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshir& Loudon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., mad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So'.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. A:aryport and Carlisle Do I shares Metro,noll tan Midland Do New Do niitn ing. t Derby lid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Keit Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee, Nth. Eastern—Berwla Do, G.N.E. purohas( Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New !North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoa rDo Scot. 'Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpoo ;Shropshire Union 'South Devon.. South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. , an dWok Stockton & Dailington Do • • Do New, 180 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.J~R West Midland -Oxford Do Newpori po lierei ord BRITISH P 8 8i Bi 9 83 i 5 1183 119 j 6 7 35 37 16 17 9t 93 101 If 6 46i 7 61 71 12G& 12731 1283 12,13 130 132 93 95 66 C 63 1+ 9i 110 68 70 103 WI 421 431 108} 168 j 08 100 5L 53 1 1 111 1274 1284 96 93 52 64 24 26 104 1011 551 ISPi 874 884 125 128 1 2 I 78 79 1.(4 11} 124 126 44 93 100 63 64 84 26 90 90y 98 101 di 37 38 i 9i 10 c 7 8 e 163 186 5 7 t 3 E pl 91 91 22 24 , SSESSIONS. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) • 1U COL, WAUGH. Tuday was appointed for the adjourned meeting for last examination and discharge, and also a renewed application for release from custody. Mr. Sargood was for the bankrupt, Mr. IL Linklater for the assignees, and Mr. C. E. Lewis for the Eastern Bank ing Company, the detaining creditor: . Mr. Sargood said that the List examination must neces sarily be adjourned, as it had been impossible to complete the accounts, and Mr. Brown (Brown and Dubois), who had been appointed by the court to render assistance in doing so attributed much of the delay to the bankrupt being kept in custody, as he could obtain information from parties who would not otherwise give it. The examination meeting was then again adjourned. Mr. Sargood then addressed the Court en the application for release. 91 i 47} 1271 rai 66} His Honour said it did not appear in his list, and he could not entertain an application so important at the mo ment. Mr. Sargood said that notice had been given . to all parties ; and they were present. His Honour asked whether the 17th rule had been com plied with. 1081 98) 8 53 ) 1 3 Mr. Lewis said that there were no affidavits filed in sup port, but he did not wish to take any technical objection. His Honour said that it involved a very important ques tion indeed, and the Lord Chancellor had very great doubts as to whether this Coutt had any power to discharge a person who was in custody under a Judge's order. Mr. Sargood said that the Court of Common Pleas had been applied to, and they thought this was the proper court to apply to. His Honour said that at all events the case could not be argued to-day, and he thought the application ought to come before the court on motion supported by affidavit, and with four days' notice. He thought that in such casts the rule ought to be strictly applied. [l►l 12} 1 128 71 98} P Mr. Sargood said that ha did not consider that in every case an affidavit was necessary. His Honour said this was not an ordinary case, and re. Feated that the Lord Chancellor more than doubted whe• ther this Court had power to interfere. 901 I Mr. Sargood said he would be glad to take his Honour's refusal on that point, and then they. would go before the Lord Chancellor and take hia opinion on that point. His Honour said he would not. decide then, and he should ke the case to go before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, who had made the original order. He asked what was the real point of the investigation ? Mr, Sargood said that it was to reduce the amount of NI I bail. After some further discussion the case was adjourned until Tuesday, when the application will be renewed before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd. Mr. Lewis then applied that a sum of £4,228, which had been in court a long time, should now be applied to a divi dend, but the question was ultimately ordered to stand over. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STRRET. A SCENE TN THE HAI:MIRE:ET—AFFRAY WITH THE POLlCE.—Williain Andrews, of 7, York-place, Strand, labourer, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk, and assaulting Police-constable John Staines, 123 C, and Thomas IL Edwards, of 30, Leicester-square, George M. Russell, of 94, Guildford-street, Russell-square, and John Murray, of 21, May's-buildings, St. Martin's-lane, tailor, were charged with being drunk and disorderly. Staines, 123 C, said—About two this morning there was a large number of persons in the Haymarket, and amongst them several soldiers. I saw a soldier strike Godwin, 206 C, and I went to take the soldier into custody, when Andrews struck mo on the head and kicked me. I was knocked down and lost the soldier and my hat. Russell said to the soldiers " Give it to the police—slaughter them —let them have it." All the prisoners were drunk. Mr. Ed ward Yeomans, of 7, Gerrard street, Soho, said— I was in the Haymarket at two this morning. There were several drunken soldiers there ; the police were trying to disperse them. I saw Andrews go up to the last witness and knock him down. One of the prisoners (Murray) called out "Up with the Guards; down with the police." The constable got the soldier again, when one of the pri soners said to the soldiers, "Off with your belts—slaughter them." After Andrews struck the constable there was a good deal of hustling, and the others shouted out and in cited the mob to attack the police. ' Goodwin, 200 C—l saw the drunken soldiers fighting, and immediately there was a great disturbance. I heard one of the prisoners say, " Let's get the police down fur ther and then we will give it to them," One of the soldiers struck me, and on 123 0 seizing the soldier, Andrews knocked him (123 C) down, and all the prisoners and the soldiers went away, but were afterwards taken into custody, Sergeant Rowe, 21 C, said, seeing a crowd of 300 or 400 persons in the Haymarket, and hearing a great disturbance I went to the spot and found some soldiers in custody of constables. Russell and Ed wards were walking together and crying out " give it to the police. Rescue them the (soldiers) from the police." All the prisoners were drunk. Mr. Knox—Did the soldiers use their belts ? Inspector Silverton—One of the sergeants (Harrison) was,badly assaulted by a soldier with his belt. Sergeant Curin, 19 C—l believe the soldiers would have gone away if it had not been for some of the prisoners shout ing out "Down with the police, Up with the guards. We are here to assist you, soldiers." On the soldiers being taken to the station, Andrews gave one of them his cap and said, " Pull off your belt and slog the —," and then tried to get the soldier's belt from him. It was the worst riot in the Haymarket I have ever seen. Inspector Silverton—On the prisoners being brought to the station Murray and Andrews were very violent. Such was the disturbance caused by the prisoners that not fewer than 700 persons came to the station, and I heard the noise seven or eight minutes before the prisoners were brought in. The soldiers were taken to the barracks, and will be tried by the military authorities. Mr. Knox—l do not see why, if a soldier commits a fear ful assault on a police sergeant, he should not be brought before one of the ordinary tribunals, not that I wish to interfere with the Police Commissioners' arrangement, or to speak with any disrespect of the military authorities. Inspector Silverton—lt is usual to take soldiers to the barracks, and if the assault is found to ba a serious one no doubt the soldier will come before you ultimately. Russell and Edwards said they had got mixed up with the crowd, and were sorry for it. Murray said he supposed, as the police had all said the sane thing, that it was true, Andrews made no defence. Mr. Knox fined Russell and Edwards £5 each, after ad vising them to keep from the Haymarket; Murray, 20s. or a month; and committed Andrews for a month without a fi ae. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, WARWICK SPRING MEETING.-THURSDAY. A much larger attendance of the elite of the county and ; fashionables from Leamington graced the course with their presence to-day, the favourable change in the weather draw ing the ladies from their firesides, making the sombre looking Stand gay with fair faces and bright colours. The Debdale Stakes, for bunters, was deemed a certainty for Margery; but she could not stay, and had to succumb to Bayonet, who was unfortunate in his race at Rugby, but ran stoutly here. The Two •yr-old Stakes brought together the largest field cf the day, 11 facing the starter for this event. Wonderful to relate they got away with considerably less than th© usual number of failures, and Vision rushing to the front was never headed, and won with extreme ease, the favourite, Jezebel, with Grappler and Jack Ketch being the only ones near her. The Great Warwickshire handicap is a race easily described, for Sweet Willie, taking the lead, was never headed, and though the favourite looked well on entering the straight, he died away at the stand, and Mr. Saxon's horse went in a winner by a length. Damascus followed suit in the next race for the Walton Handicap, making all the running with Usher in attendance, who tried to reach the leader at the distance, but failing was beaten by half a length. Tho favourite, Tailor, was never in the race, which, indeed, was reduced to a match between the two above-named. There was a fine set-to between Bird finder and Liston for the £5O Plate, which was decided in favour of the latter by a neck. The Hurdle Race, though well coloured on the card, only brought four starters to the post, but afforded good contest between Stanton and Marble Hill, Lard Uxbridge's horse lauding the stakes for his owner by a neck. The Debdale Stakes of 5 soya each, with £25 added, 12st each. Winners extra. Half-bred horses allowed 71b, with maiden allowances. To be ridden by gentlemen who are qualified to ride in the Willoughby Handicap. Two miles. 11 subs. Mr J. Le Messurier's br h Bayonet, 6 yrs, 12st 101 b (inc. 101 b extra) (Mr W. Beville) 1 Mr Marsh's Margery, 5 yrs, 12st 101 b, including 10Ib ex . (Mr Coventry) 2 Mr Crawshaw's Whinstone. 12st (Mr Edwards) 3 Mr E. Brayley's Ibex, 4 yrs, h b, list 71b • . (Mr Wood) 4 Miss Laurie, Aunt Sally, and Lady Betty also, ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Margery, 4to 1 each eget Ibex and Killarney, and 5 to 1 aget Miss Laurie. Aunt Sally made play, followed by Killarney-, Whinetcne, and Ibex, Bayonet, Miss Laurie, and the favourite forming the rear division. Rounding the top turn Ibex passed his horses and proceeded up the hill a couple of lengths in ad vance of Aunt Sally and Killarney, but on their reappear.. ing in sight the latter was seen in possession of the lead, with Aunt Sally, Ibex, and Miss Laurie in close attendance. On reaching the three quarters of a mile post, Margery, having quitted her rearward position, joined the leaders, and as they entered the Star enclosure Killarney dropped away beaten, leaving the favourite in possession of the lead, Bayonet going on second, and Whinstone next clese up, with whom was Ibex. At the distance Margery was beaten, and shortly after headed by Bayonet, who won very cleverly by a length and a half, a like distance separating the second and third ; a head only separating the third and fourth, Miss Sally was fifth, and Killarney sixth. Aunt Sally trotted past the post some distance in the rear. The Welter Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, gentlemen riders ; professionals Gib extra ; winners extra. 1 mile. 5 subs. Was void, The Two-years-old Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added; for 2-yr-old cults, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; winners extra. Straight ruu in---about 3 furlongs. 26 subs. Mr H.odgman's Vision, Bst 11), inn 41b extra .. (Perry) 1 Mr R. Sutton's Jezebel, Sat 71u (R. Thomas) 2 Capt Chrisrie's The Grappler, Bst lUlb .. (G. Fordhain) 3 The following also ran : —Lay Sister, Lady Chatham, Hope, Princess D.ignaar, Attention, 'Whisky, Bonnie Lass, Cedric, Sympathy, Jack ketch, and Catenus. Attention was sold previous to the race to the Marquis of Hastings, and ;she ran in his colours, Betting-5 to 1 agst Jczibel, 6to 1 agst Vision, 7to 1 agst Princess I)agmar, 8 to 1 agst Jack Ketch, and 10 to 1 each agst Whisky and The Grappler. At the third attempt Mr.).PGeorge succeeded in despatch ing them from the post to a beautiful start, the lot running in a compact body to the bend. Vision having a slight lead, with the favourite wide on her right, followed by The Grappler next the rails, with Jack Ketch, Attention, Cedric, Bonnie Lass, and Whisky forming the next division. On reaching the distance the leader improved her position, and half way up she had her field widely distributed, and won in a canter by four lengths, three parts of a length separat ing the second and third; Jack Ketch was fourth; close up, Attention fifth, Cedric sixth, Bonnie Lass seventh, and Whisky next. The three last were Lady Chatham, Cate nits, and Sympathy. The Great Warwickshire Handicap of 25 soya each, 10 ft, and sif declared, with 200 added. Winners extra; the second horse to receive 25 sous out of the stakes. Two miles. 2S subs, 16 of whom declared. Mr J. Saxon's Sweet Willie, 4 yrs, Tat 31b (J Gritushaw) 1 Mr Samuel's Fontenoy, 4 yrs, ist 71b ('r. French) 2 Mr B. Land's Amy, 6 yrs, 7st gib . . Lord Bateman's Danaus, 3 yrs, Got 41b ....('Tomlinson) 4 Mr Brayley's Victoria Cross, 3 yrs, Get 41b (Mordan) 5 Mr R. Sutton's Man-at-Arms, aged, 03t ....(Custance) 6 Betting-100 to 30 agst Fontenoy, 9 to 2 agst Danaus and Sweet Willie, 4 to 1 agst Victoria Cross, and 5 to 1 agst Man-at-Arms and Amy. Sweet Willie cut out the work, followed as they came past the Stand by Danaus, Fontenoy, Amy, Victoria Cross, and Man-at-Arms in the order we have given, but as they proceeded up the hill the latter headed Mr. Brayley'a colt, and drew up with the leaders, who entered the meadows in close order, Passing the mile post Danaus was pessed in succession by the favourite and Amy, the three drawing away as theyproceeded along the back stretch, bat on entering the Star enclosure they were joined again by Danaus, but who retained his position but for a few strides, when he gave way beaten, leaving the issue with the three. On entering the straight Fontenoy closed with Sweet Willie, the pair racing together to the enclosure, where the latter drew away, and won very cleverly by a length. Amy finished a bad third, and Danaus fourth. The others were pulling up as they passed the post. The Walton Handicap of 5 soya each, with 25 sovs added, for all ages. Winners extra. Five furlongs. 15 subs. Mr Mansfield's Damascus, 6 yrs, Bst 51b (Perry) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Usher, 3 yrs, 7st 31b.... (Morgan) 2 Mr C. P. Hudson's Tolurno, 5 yrs, 85t.... (A. Ed wards) 3 Mr E. Brayley's Kennett, 4 yrs, 7st (T. Cameron) 4 The following also ran :—Tarragona, Davin Ann, Disap pointment, Vision, Lady de Trafford, Tailor, and Bonnie Lass. Betting-2 to 1 agst Tailor, 6to 1 agst Usher, 7to 1 each agst Damascus and Disappointment, 10 to 1 agst David Ann, and 100 to 8 agst Tolurno, Some failures were occasioned by several repeatedly breaking away. When the flag was lowered Damascus im mediately went to the front and came on with a clear lead, having Usher on his right, and Kennett, Tolurno, and Tar ragona as his immediate followers; but as they rounded the turn into the straight the race was reduced to a match, Usher being the only one left in attendance on Damascus, whom he reached at the enclosure, and after a fine race home was beaten by half a length, three lengths separating the second and third, and a head between third and fourth. The favourite finished a bad fifth, and Tarragona nett. others were beaten off, the last of all being Bonnie Lass. A Handicap Plate of £5O for all ages. Winners extra. Three-quarters of atnile. ----- Lord Uxbridge's Liston, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (T. French) 1 Mr Cherry's Birdtinder, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (in 5113 ex) (Perry) 2 Mr Payne's Rosina, 4 yrs, 7 st 1 21 b (R . urimshaw) 3 Mr 'l i Smith's t o 4on B Birdlime, i dfid 4Ynrsti; Bet .......... (C. Gray) 4 Be tr to 4 agst Liston, and 8 to 1 agst any other. Liston was the first away, and, with Birdlime, came on with the running, the favourite, who appeared to get badly off, being last ; but before they reached the bend into the straight he had recovered his lost ground and took the se• cond place, and at the distance got his neck in advance; but French, coming with a rush at the enclosure, obtained a slight lead, which he held to the end, and won a fine race y a neck ; a bad third. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 5 sous each, with 30 added. Winners extra. The second horse saved his stake. Two miles, over five flights of hurdles. 36 subs, Lord Uxbridge's Marble Hill, 5 yrs, 10st 21b (Mr, Edwards) 1 Mr Holman na. Stanton, 6 yrs, lOst 21b .. (G. Holman) 2 Mr Bancroft's Miss Clifton, 6 yrs, 9st 31b ....(„1 . Page) 3 Mr Lincoln's Confidence, Gym, 9st 91b ...... (J. Knott) 4 Betting—Even on Marble Hill, 7 to 4 agst C onfidence, and 5 to 1 agst Stanton. Miss Clifton led for the first half-mile, when sh e d roppe d back, the lead being left with the favourite, who, with Stanton lying up, finished the race home Marble Hill win ning very cleverly at last by a neck ; a bad third ; Confl• dence was last, beaten off some distance. LATEST BETTING. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 11 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken) 100 to 8 agst Lioness (taken) 100 to 8 agst Costa (taken) 100 to 7 azst Touch and Go (taken) 100 to 6 agst Sheridan (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gib ra ltar (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fl as h in the Pan (taken) Sir John Pakington on the Lifeboat Insti- tutiou, We append hereto a report of the excellent speech of Sir John Pakington, Bart., G.C.8., M.P., at the meeting of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, held on Tuesday last, and which was briefly reported in The Sun of Wed- - - nesday : Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, in opening the business of the meeting, said—lt gives me very great pleasure to take the chair on this occasion. I filled the same office only a few years since, and now accept the duty with unmingled satis faction. It is most gratifying to leave for awhile the turmoil of political life and come to a scene where, whether Church man or Dissenter, Whig or Tory can unite in a common cause of earnest hope for the future and thankfulness for the past. The main feature in the report to which I wish to refer is the many noble gifts, in the shape of the entire cost of new 1 life-boats presented by philanthropic individuals. But before I direct attention to these acts of liberality, there is one subject of very sincere regret to which I must allude—l mean the loss which this society has sustained in the death of Admiral Washington. lie was a brave and scientific man. No person who hears me will dissent from the opinion that the late Duke of North umberland and Admiral Washington have done much to bring this society to its present state of prosperity. (Hear.) Among the liberal gifts to this association there is one to which the report draws especial attention, not alone on account of its large amount, but as one springing from the very highest order of motives on the part of a commercial firm, and which cannot but be appreciated in this great mart of commerce, while it is invested with additional in terest as proceeding from members of one of the most highly respected native communities amongst our fellow subjects in India. The splendid gift to which I allude is that of £2,000, given by Messrs. Cama and Co., Parsee merchants, London, for the purpose of providing the whole cost and the future maintenance of a life-boat establish ment on the coast of the United Kingdom, in acknowledg ment of the success which had attended their business transactions during eight years' residence in this metro polis. and in testimony of the courtesy and kindness which they had invariably received from its inhabitants. (Cheers.) I know of no better plan by which those great merchants could have testified their sense of tip - benefits they derived from their residence in London. I am also glad to find that the Admiralty are taking active steps to ensure that every ship in the navy should be provided with lifeboats. (Hear, hear.) The main point to which this institution directs its energies is saving of human life. There are now no less than 132 lifeboats connected with the institu tion. During the past year 417 lives have been saved by some of these boats, and those in addition to 297 ship wrecked persons, who, so far I can follow this report, have been saved not exactly by the lifeboats belonging to the institution, but by other crews—men whose gallantry and bravery are part of the character of the British sailor, (Hear, hear.) Those men have come forward in the most noble way when the lifeboats were not athand, and, availing themselves of fishing or any other boats, have encountered all risks and all weathers upon our coast. The total num ber of human lives saved during the last year was 714. (Hear, hear.) With the single exception of the year 1852, these numbers are larger than those of any previous year. I find that 120 of these lives were saved by the Rams gate lifeboat alone, and 48 by the Holyhead lifeboat, These, however, are only details of the great work which has been accomplished. During the last year, and especially at the end of the year, there were gales of tre mendous force, and shipwrecks were, I am sorry to say, as they always are, very numerous on our coast. The loss of property was immense, and the loss of life, diminished as it was by the efforts of this institution, was still very lament able. I cannot but connect in my mind this sad loss of life with that other subject which has occupied the attention of Parliament for some time—l mean harbours of refuge. We are in a peculiar position with respect to that question. There have been a committee and royal commission; the latter was appointed to consider the best means of carrying out the recommendations of the committee. Parlia ment is always in a diffisulty when great expenses are pro posed, and we are going on year after year, but nothing is done. A motion now stands upon the notice paper to the effect whether the "recommendations of the committee may not be carried out, and the financial difficulties be overcome, by the adoption of some system of passiag tolls for the ships, to meet the heavy expenses of harbours of re fuge." But, be this at it may, the two institutions will still work together harmoniously for the benefit of the naval interests of the country. My belief is that the existence of harbours of refuge, however well they may be arranged, and to whatever extent they may be carried out, will never supersede the valuable action of this institution. Harbours may be conducive to the saving of life and property. This institution can only deal with life. Whatever may be the benefit which the country would derive from the existence of well arranged harbours, there still can be no doubt, that, looking to the enormous amount of the commer cial marine of England, the casualties of weather and the uncertainty which attends sea life, there will be innume rable instances in which shipwrecks will occur, in such positions as to make it impossible for harbours of refuge to provide a means of escape. There will still, therefore, be abundant room for the action of this society, by dstributing, as closely as possible :dense the en...a efficient lifeboats. Tho objects of this association are really more valuable, and the results are more gratifying and delightful, to the benevolent mind than those of almost any other of those numerous charities which do so much honour to this great metropolis. Some of these are formed for extending the benefit of good education among the people, some to rescue our fellow-creatures from misery, suffering, and destitution, others for the mitigation of those various classes of disease to which human nature is sub ject; but this institution aims at the actual saving of human life, and the rescuing from premature graves bun dreds, and—looking to the schedule of the report—l may say, thousands of these brave men. who man the fishing boats, merchant ships, and the various classes of the marine of this country; and me must bear in mind, also, that with this saving of human life must also be connected the fact thas we at the same time rescue the wives and children from becoming widows and orphans. This is a most blessed charity, it has been rewarded with. success, it is, as it deserves to be, popular with the public, and it has received a large amount of public support. I hope it will be extended and increased, and that those who may follow me in this chair will always be able to hold the same language of heartfelt congratula tion, and look forward hopefully to its increasing success. (Cheers.) I have great pleasure in calling upon you to re-elect the officers of this institution for the ensuing year, MONTAGU GORE, Esq., moved the adoption of the report, and referred to the great benefits which the society had afforded to the mercantile marine of the country, and the incalculable advantages which resulted from its action in saving human life. The society, by its life-boats, was the means of saving life under circumstances in which no other means could be made available. He concurred in the opi nion expressed by the chairman that the construction of harbours of refuge would hot dispense with the necessity of life-boats ; and as evidence of this, he referred to the num ber of lives which had been saved by the lifeboats of Rams gate and Holyhead, both of which were harbours of refuge . He pointed out the imperative necessity which existed for providing good lifeboats and lifebelts for the Canadian lines of steamers. Scarcely a year passed without the loss of some of the vessels on this line, and a good supply of lifeboats and belts would no doubt be the means of saving many lives in the casualties which occurred in the dangerous navigation of these vessels. The extent of good done by this institution was very great, and the association was in every respect deserving of the liberal support of the public. The Lifeboat Institution was a glorious monu ment of what could be done by the voluntary efforts of the people of this country. (Cheers.) JAMES M'CANN, Esq., M.P., seconded the motion, and also bore testimony to the valuable exertions of the society, and its claim upon the public support. The motion for the adoption of the report was unani mously agreed to. STEPHEN CAVE, Esq., M.P., moved the fellowing reso lution—" That this meeting has heard with the utmost satisfaction of the great success which has attended the truly i m p or tant operations of the Royal N a ti ona l Lif e b oat Insti tution during the past year, and would direct particular at tention to the fact that, although the very large number of 1,602 shipwrecks took place in that period on our shores, yet, owing chiefly to the prompt and successful services of the lifeboats, the rocket apparatus, fishing and shore boats, and other means, 4,656 persons were happily saved from the said shipwrecks; the number of lives lost were, however, 568. That this meeting, in possession of these important facts, pledges itself to renewed exertions on behalf of an in stitution whose philanthropic objects have commanded uni versal admiration." He referred to the fact that on the coast of Cornwall there were now nine lifeboats, and pointed to the great improvement which had taken place in the feelings and conduct of Cornishmen in the case of shipwrecks. The arovision for saving human life on board the merchant ships was even at the present time most disgracefully deficient, and he should be glad to see some steps taken for providing efficient boats for the mercantile marine of the country. 110 also pointed out the necessity which existed for providing trained crews for the lifeboats, and urged upon the meeting the duty of providing the institution with increased means of carrying out its invaluable objects. (Cheers.) Col. FITZROY CLAYTON seconded the resolution, which, like the previous one, was unanimously adopted, Josue J. RoGERS, Esq.,M.P., bore his willing and turrty testimony to the value of the services rendered to the county of Cornwall by the action of this sooiety , P:e expr esse d hi s earnest desire to see some improvemP:ats made in the build and sea going qualities of fislair..k boats, Sir J. PAKINGTON read a letter from the Shipwrecked Mariners' Association, enclosing a subscription of £l2O raised by seamen, rnemboro of that society, and some of whom had probably been rescued during the past year by means of the lifeboats of the institution. (Cheers.) Admiral sAn'torans moved the following resolution : If Tiat the thanks of this meorksg be tendered to the Lords of the Committce 4 Privy Council for Trade, and to the Mari{;e Department of the Board °arab, for the important and cordial aid afforded by thsNo to the Royal National Life boat Institution. Alao to the Commodore Controller-Gene rola the De?At/ Oentroller• cieneral, and the officers and , THAMES. A FAMILY WITHOUT LEGS.--Jeremiah Hurley, an Irish tailor, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with being drunk and very noisily commemorating the anniver sary of St. Patrick in a beershop in Rosemary-lane, and breaking sundry panes of glass. Daniel Smith, an Irish dwarf, was the complainant. lie is without legs, Several members of his family have been ushered into this breathing world without legs, and one of them, a female dwarf, the complainant's sister, has long been iu the practice of soliciting alms of the sailors and others in Wellclose-square. The complainant, who has a large and intelligent face, was a mendicant, saved some money, and took a lodging-house in Rosemary den°, which has been dignified with the name of Royal Mint-street. The railway company for forming an extension from the Black wall line to the London Dock required his lodging-house, and compensated him for the removal. Smith has opened a beer-house and grocery at 123, Rosemary-lane, and by his industry and civility is likely to make a little money there. Although a dwarf, and without legs, he has capti• vated the affections of a large and handsome woman with legs, to whom he is married. Yesterday Smith's house was filled with Irish, and there was a piper there who played Irish national airs. The mirth was kept up for a long time and all was going on well, when the prisoner, who had been keeping up St. Patrick's day elsewhere, entered the house drunk, made a disturbance, and on the dwarf and his friends attempting to eject him, he made an onslaught on Smith's windows and broke several panes of glass. A general scrimmage ensued, the prisoner was turned out of the house, and numerous policemen escorted him to the station-house. The prisoner said ho had been a teetotaller some time, and broke the temperance pledge yesterday. Mr. Paget—What for? The prisoner—lt was St. Patrick's Day. Mr. Paget—That is not the reason you should bo tutu!. cated. The prisoner—l had a phit of ale and some beer in Smith's house. Smith—He came into my house intolicated and riotous. Mr. Paget—You should not have supplied a drunken man with any ale or beer. Smith—l did not, sir. He got beer from others, Mr. Paget sentenced the priaoner to pay a fine of ls., and 20s. the value of the broken glass, or imprisoned for one week. THE FOUNDLING AT MOSCOAV.—Of all the thousand children, babies, nurses, matrons, and governesses I beheld from the time I first ascended the steps of the Vospitatelnoi Dom, to the time Schnaps ordered me away and put ma into the carriage, I never saw a sour, cross, or in any way unhappy face ; all was radiant with content, innocent gaiety, and quiet cheerfulness ; and this fact told me snore of how the vast charity was carried on than all the statistics in all the blue- books of the world would have done,—Once a Week. DUVAL, THE NAME OF THACKERAVS LAST &roily, was apparently a great favourite with the author. In his articles in Fraser, a Duval is frequently mentioned, and in hie better known Christmai story about " Dr Birch and his Young Friends," Duval, it may be remembered, is the pirate of the school, who never has a chilling bit what hd hyieg from the other boys. BETTING AT 111ANCHESI'BR-TRURSDAY. The attendance at th e r ooms to-day was small, and specu lation tame. The only f ea tures,were the disappe arance o f Lioness from the q uo t a ti o ns for the North amptonshire Stakes, and the support awarded to Wingrave for the same race, all the money in tho market being taken about the latter at 100 to 8. Closing prices : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES; 10 to 1 agat Gardener (take 11 freely) 11 to 1 agst Blit hfield (offer ed ) 100 to S aget Wingrave (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst C os t a (taken) 100 to 7 ag s t D o ll ar (wanted) 200 to 11 agat Touch and Go (taken) 25 to 1 apt Benjamin (taken) 25 to 1 agat U n i on J a ck (ufferail) CITY AND SUBURBAN'. 25 to 1 agst V o l u pt a s (taken) CHESTER CCF. 14 to 1 agst, Chlden Pledge (offn ed) 33 to 1 apt Greenland (taken) • THE DERBY. Sto 1 agat Beottieb Chief , cta!;?;, - ,`A to 1 apt Cambuspan . (ettereA) 21 (9 1 agst rrinee ,Arthur (taken) _ - men of her Majesty's Coastguard service, for their continued valuable assistance to the society." The resolution was seconded by Admiral HALL, C.B„ and supported by Capt, R. ROBERTSON, R.N., of the Board of Trade. The latter gentleman stated that it was his duty to report upon the condition of the lifeboats of the associa tion, and he was happy to say that they were in a most effi cient condition. The Board of Trade was most anxious to give every 'assistance to the society, and to aid in every way in the preservation of life from shipwreck on the coasts. The resolution was unanimously agreed to. J. B. ALLGROPT, Esq., moved, and the Rev. George IVlnKiss seconded, the following resolution, which was also adopted :—" That this meeting tenders its cordial thanks to Mr. Thomas Baring, IMP., P.R.S., 1 - 4 P., the chairman; to Mr. Thomas Chapman, F.R.S., V.p., th e deputy-chairman ; and to the other members of the com • mittee of management, for the care and attention with which they continue to administer the important affairs of the institution. Also to the honorary local committees of the several branches of the institution for their zealous co operation with the central committee in promoting the efficiency of the lifeboat establishments intrusted to their superintendence and management." Tires. CHAPMAN, Rig., the deputy-chairman, acknow ledged the compliment, and proposed a vote of thanks to Sir John Pakington for his conduct in the chair, and for the kind interest which he takes in the welfare of the asso ciation. The motion having been seconded, was carried by acclamation. Boat Accident in the lonian Islands, On the very eve almost of the departure of British troops from these islands the small garrison of Ithaca has been suddenly thrown into the deepest gloom by an accident unparalleled for its fatal results since its military occupation by the English. On the evening of the 28th of February a boat containing almost the whole complement of non commissioned officers belonging to a detachment of the 2d battalion, 9th Foot, stationed in this island, was accidentally capsized within scarcely a mile from shore, in the outer harbour of Vathy (the capital of the island). Being all more or less good swimmers, they were able to regain their holding of the overturned boat ; and made repeated, though ineffectual attempts (owing to the counteracting weight and position of the mast and sail), to "right her." As night was coming on, and there appeared no extraneous aid of any nature to look forward to, three out of the number having ma naged to divest themselves of their clothing, re solved to swim for it; the rest stuck to the boat, and have not since been heard of. Though all 1 three swimmers separated shortly after leaving the boat, one never to meet again, the other two reached shore in a most exhausted condition, and lacerated by the sharp, needle-formed nature of the rocks up which they had to climb to regain their footing. But this was only to be the commence ment of their hardships. The night was dark and bitterly cold, and thus situated, without a stitch of clothing to cover their shivering frames, at the foot of a pathless and rugged mountain, which inter vened between them and the nearest road " home," they both wandered about in contrary directions, hearing nought but an occasional shout or cry from their more unfortunate comrades, who still appeared to cling on, hoping against hope. These grew fainter and fainter as the right wore on, till no thing more was heard. Eventually they came upon some shepherds' huts, but no sooner had the latter caught a glimpse of them than they "banged to" their doors, invoking the whole calendar of saints to exorcise these ghosts or evil spirits. Thus rudely and inhospitably repulsed from their own fellow creatures, they wandered forth alone again, till one sunk down from sheer fatigue, and passed the re mainder of the night in a sort of swoon. On re covering his senses it was daylight, and being partly restored, though suffering agonies from thirst, he managed to direct his steps towards a flock of goats browsing on the mountain side, but at his first appearance the shepherds fled in terror. Necessity, our great mother of invention, then suggested to him the happy idea of seizing ono of the goats and milk ing it, which considerably relieved him, and after two or three more hours, thus refreshed, he was eventually picked up, in a most pitiable condition, by the Commandant (Captain Roberts) and his crew, which had gene out in search of the missing. The other unfortunate (Colour Sergeant Stevens), after repeated attempts to obtain shelter or admit tenon- -t.nzoled an t}.- •- .Lav monastery of San Cathera, which is situated close to the summit. On reaching it, about dawn, the Agoumenos or Abbot at once took him in, and hav ing clothed and treated him in every respect with truly good Samaritan kindness, he mounted him the following day on his own mule and brought him back to town. Such are the brief outlines of this sad occurrence, and, though every attempt has since been made to recover the bodies, or otherwise obtain any kind of intelligence respecting the others miss sing or the boat, nothing has hitherto transpired to relieve the minds or anxieties of this community. The following is the list of the boat's crew : Found—Colour Sergeant W. Stevens, Private D. Adams. Missing—Sergeant Thomas Brogden, Corporal David Stanyard, Corporal Henry Hale Corporal John Crowther. Horrible Cases of Burning Infantsi—Sus peeted Murder in Essex. - -- A married woman, named Devenish, the wife of a gar dener at Broomfield, Essex, is in custody on the charge of having murdered her newly-born child. The Essex Herald says it was thought by the neighbours that she was about to be confined, but she had engaged no nurse or doctor, and at about seven o'clock on Friday evening one of the neigh bours suspected something might he wroug with her, and tried the back door, but found it fastened, and knocked several times without receiving any answer from within. She then went away and returned with one or two other women, when their attention was attracted by a shocking stench, as of something burning, and looking over the top of the kitchen shutters, which were up, they saw Mrs. Devenish stooping over a very large fire, apparently watch ing something burning; what it was they could not see. They then spoke to Police -constable Barker, who started off to Chelmsford, and gave information of the rumours he had heard to Superintendent May and Inspector Simpson, who went at once to the house. They found a large fire in the kitchen, with the hearth cleanly swept, and a frying pan on the fire containing some large slices of fat pork. Mrs. Devenish denied to them that she had been recently confined. While Superintendent May drove back to Chelms ford to obtain the aid of Mr. Wheeler, a surgeon, Inspec tor Simpson searched the premises, and found what he describes as a quantity of fatty matter on the bars of the kitchen stove, as though flesh of some kind had been burned there; and he supposes the pork had been placed on the fire by way of accounting for this appearance on the bars, should suspicion be excited, He poked out the fire, and found at the bottom of the grate a quantity of partially charred bones, which Mr. Wheeler pronounced to be those of a newly-born child. Mr. Wheeler also found, on examination, that the woman had been re cently delivered. The Western Times reports a somewhat similar case. Elizabeth Hawkins, 20 years, was charged it the Cullompton Petty Sessions, on Monday, with hav ing concealed the birth of her child, and her father, Robert Hawkins, was charged with aiding her in committing the , offence. They lived in a small cottage on Whitedown, about three miles from Cullompton. On being charged by the constable on the ith, she admitted that she had been confined, and that the child had lived but five minutes, ar me d that het father took its body away. When her fathe-. was charged, he said, " Cheel, sir, her han't had r, O eheel, her only miscarried, that's all." Ile further st , ..ted that he had " put it away behind the fire." On tit; f o ll ow i n g day the constable sifted the ashes and found some bones that Mr. Potter, a surgeon, said were the be aes of a fully-deve loped child. Some of the bones an.,i a good deal of the vertebra) were perfect, The bones were the rib and part of the thigh, the shoulder, and vertebra-. He could not say whether the child was born or not. The father maintained that the child was de:ad, but the Chairman re minded him that his younger daughter, eight years of age, had said she heard the cb',id cry in his arms when he took it from its mother, and when he put it on the lire, Th e case was ailjoutned, LORD ITEINON. During th© past Week the Right ?Lon. Lord Vernon has been a great sufferer from a sudden and painful illness, which has, however, given way to the treatment of his lordship's medical adviser. On Wed nesday, Lord Vernon was able to take carriage exercise, and his speedy convalescence ie now looked forward to with certainty. A LOCAL DIANA.--At the hunt with Lard Fitz • bardinge's bounds on Monday Mrs, Coates, of Eastfield, the wife of J. Coates, Esq., solicitor, of Bristol, she bei ng the first up with the hunts • m ca a r n rie a d nd off in th e e t bruthesh, loath. Mrs. Coates has proved herself to be not only a graceful but a plucky horsewoman, for this is the third brush she has had accorded to her, or, we should rather say, has won during the present season. She has ;Wen at six meets, so that she has had what would be termed commercially, "50 por cent, of success.".,Bristol SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. .------ -.... CITY BETTING.—THIS DAY. 10 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (in fore?) 12 to 1 agst Gardener (taken) 12 to 1 spit Wing-,.rave 12 to 1 agst Dollar (taken) 13 to 1 agst Llitbfield (taken) 16 to 1 agst Fairwater (taken) Only 14:,rd Zetiand backed for money. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. • APRIL. Croxf on. park 1 Edinburgh Sprit , 2 A bergavenn y Thirsk 5 Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester .. 3 York Spring lO Salisbury l2 Bath ....... 4 .... Jr, Ascot Hampton l5 Newton 21 .. ,;) 2 I B° S t id o bi c tih k ra l m r id ge .... Manchester Harpenden Epsom 24 Chelmsford 25 New Forest Hunt 2s Newcastle-on-Tyne 2 S Worcestcr (Summer) Ipswich Newmarket July Carlisle Abingdon Liverpool July -.3 Stamford l4 Pontefract Nottingham ......... ' . 19 Winchester., ~..'... 19 Southampton .......... 20 Chesterfield .......... 21 Goodwood ....... Bright on 2 Brighton Club Lewes Reading Egham Oxford lB Yarmouth Weymouth Warwick September 6 Leicester Doncaster .. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn Newmarket First October 27 OCTOBER. Northallerton 6 Gloucester Newmarket Second Oct. 10 I Newmarket Houghton '24 NOTIMBER. Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 f Worcester Autumn .. Leamington &War. Hunt 221 STEEPLECHASING FIXZ T JRES FOR 1864. APRIL. Ab ergavenny N OTEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 AQUATICS.—(This Day, THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE EIGHT OARED MATCH. PUTNEY, Friday Morning. The railway brought down a number of people this morning, anxious to learn the full inguence of the Oxonnialas' rowing against the waterrnen yesterday over the money market, and to pick on any other scrap of in formation that might lead their conclusions to a successful issue. The ( fLet of the Oxonians' pulling yesterday was marked and unmistakeable this morning, the betting being 6 and 7t04 on Oxford. The public were justified more than they might have expected to be, for they sax Loth crews under weigh again this morning, sometimes rowing fast and sometimes rowing slow. The Can tabs particularly gave a full opportunity for seeing what they could do as they came from Symond's-yard down to the acqeduct-bridge, and then round up to Hammersmith bridge, and severally pulling very smartly, and keeping nice time. The Oxonians went ahead towards Hammersmith bridge at once, and son swung into their usual style of rowing, keeping an uniform motion in the boat lore and aft. Judging from close observation of their going off through out the week, we should think it probable that whatever may be the result the Cantabs will take the lead at start ing to-morrow, when the result of the hard labours of both parties will appear in their rowing, PUTNEY, Thursday, Ilalf-past Two p.m. The trial between the watermen and the Oxford crew it just over. It has astonished all beholders. The watermen have been thoroughly well beaten. Yesterday the Cam • bridge certainly beat them after a very arduous struggle, but there has been no such exertion to-day on the part of the Oxford crew. They went right away from the water men after a few pulls, and then waiting for them, dil the same thing again and again. As the watermen may fairly have been considered in better order to-day than they were yesterday, people wondered, and the watermen them selves, who had thought Cambridge good, wondered also. Betting directly went up to 7 to 4 on Oxford. RUMOURED DEATH OF TEE PRINCE OF AITGUSTRATTaTva [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] HAMBURG, March 17. According to a handbill emanating from the printing-office of Greve and Tidemann, and distri buted in this city to-day, at 8 o'clock this morning Prince Frederick of Augustenburg was found dead in his bed at Kiel. This rumour requires confirmation. Bank of England Return,--Last Evening. - -s-- An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on;Wednesday, the IGth day of March, 1864: • ISSUE DEP ADTMENT. Notes issued .......C27,883,740 Government Debt X11,015,1C Other Securities .. 3.631,:+00 G old Coin & Bullion 13,213,7.1 u Silver Bullion .... £27,863,710 £2703,740 BANKING D, Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553.000 Reat Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ao- ;PARTIKENT. Government Seca- Mies (including Dead WeightAn- nuity) - £11,174,684 Other Securities 20.657,550 Notes - 8,013,960 Gold and Silver 733,203 Coin counts) 8,570,7!1 Other Deposits l3, 05,800 Seven Day and other Bills 453,332 £40,579,327 AI. 1 X 40,579,:: RSHALL, Chief Outlier. March 17, 1864. Foreign Mail Packet List. - MAILS DUE. Amatralia and Mauritius, via Southampton . . Mar. 20. via Marseilles . Mar. 14. Srazil and Cape Verds, by British packet April 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. 30. China, Penang., and Singapore, via Southarupton Mar. 20. via Marseilles Mar. 14. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Mar. 13. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 20. via Marseilles Mar. 14. India (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. 13. via Marseilles Mar. 22. Portugal.... April 5. Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton Mar. 13 . - —-- via Marseilles Mar. 14. Newfoundland ..Mar. 16. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet .... Mar. 10, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Mar. 11. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .......... Mar. 10. Bahamas, via New York ............ Mar. 11. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 California. and British Columbia... . . Mar.. 30.! ....... ill M.it. LAYARD'S EXPLANATION (by means of a letter from Colonel St. John Neale, containing the f'jllowing passage) as to the Burning, of Kagosima :—" I deem it desirable to add th at the population of Kagosima at no period exceeded 40,000 inh6birants, far from 180,000, as has been stra nge l y imagined, to serve as a more striking: text for comments ; and further, that those 40,000 souls— men, women, and children—withdrew, while their huts and paper houses increased the risks attendant upon stray shot and shell froth a British squadron, audaciously fired, upon by numerous batteries because it had signalled its inten--....„,,.." *" tioa to obtain redress for a barbarous murder and outrage committed upon British subjects for which all redress hed been evaded. Subsequent events, the voluntary payment of the indemnity demanded, the formal obligation entered into to execute the murderers of Mr. Richardson when arrested, the professions of friendship cheerfully expressed by Sat suma's envoys on behalf of their chief, their desire to culti vate friendly and social intercourse with the British nation, aud their good humour and graceful offerings (of fruit) to the crew of the flagship of the British admiral after the facts of Kagosima, would all imply that the agents of her Ma jesty displayed a degree of caution and moderation duly appreciated by those most deeply i n t eres ted." And for the . English, according to the Q ueen :—" From this," says our contemporary, "it is clear : First, that although it might be wrong to knock a city with 180,000 inhabitants to pieces, no one ought to object to a city possassing only 40,000 bein g treated so. Secondly, that as the houses in Japan are all made of paper, it serves them right if they are burnt. Thirdly, that the polite conduct of. the Japanese subse quently to the bombardment of Kagosima should be taken as proof that they were rather pleased at having been born. Warded than otherwise." SUSPEIISION • OF CONTRACT PACKET SERVICE BETWEEN GALWAY Alip AMERICA —The mail service between Galway and America has, until further notice, been suspended.—By command of the Postmaster•Generai, J. TILLEY, secretarY. SEPT] L; ST. York August 2:; Plymouth Derby Lichfield ';() Stocktcn Devon and Exeter !MEER. st 1 st 1 ,, st hare Ii 3.14. '9.16.4 12.10 all al / al; ) 100 all all all all 100 100 100 W 3.4